I hope the McDaniels job hunting is over. I thought that last season and here we go again. Now he is staying again.

What leverage is he hoping for with BB or Kraft?

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I really don't think it's about leverage. By all accounts he is paid incredibly well and well respected by his coach and ownership. Aside from BB stepping down, there really isn't an opportunity here that they won't give him and he knows that.

I wonder if McDaniels had a family related issue that caused him to back out of the Indy job. I hate speculating. I can't imagine it was as simple as him accepting the job, then having a change of heart.Unless Kraft stepped in and gave him a huge pay raise and/or the promise of being the next coach here.

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Josh had to have nagging concerns with Indy about some things.

Some reasonable possibilities:

-Luck's health situation was unclear and the medical info was not being shared with him
-Wasn't clear as to how much input on roster construction Ballard would allow him
-Wasn't comfortable with Ballard's expectations on how best to build the coaching staff
-Was not at all happy with a meddling drunk/stoned tweet-happy bonehead owner

All of these seem more likely than family issues.

He undoubtedly had a similar list of concerns about his path forward in NE, and Kraft & BB made that list evaporate.

-Luck's health situation was unclear and the medical info was not being shared with him
-Wasn't clear as to how much input on roster construction Ballard would allow him
-Wasn't comfortable with Ballard's expectations on how best to build the coaching staff
-Was not at all happy with a meddling drunk/stoned tweet-happy bonehead owner

All of these seem more likely than family issues.

He undoubtedly had a similar list of concerns about his path forward in NE, and Kraft & BB made that list evaporate.

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Those reasons are as good as any that I can think of.

With all that said Josh still said, "yes" and backed-out so at least initially he was comfortable enough with the situation.

So then what happened?

Theory: I'm a firm believer in the rumors in which BB and Tom were having issues outside the norm and JMD was the buffer. Kraft knew this. He also knew BB was 66 and in no way in hell could handle breastfeeding a new OC AND DC.

I think Krafty and JMD and had the proverbial father/son sit down with a beer convo and asked him why he wanted to be a HC and what qualities he was looking for in a team. When JMD rattled them off Bob threw cold water on them (Irsay is an idiot. Ballard is calling the shots. Luck has a noodle arm. The risk of failure and or JMD not realizing his aspirations are high, etc). So, to make JMD whole, Bob paid him like a HC and had BB get JMD more involved in the FO stuff.

It's ridiculous that, at a time when the NFL head coaching carousel is in action, and the Patriots have had multiple people being interviewed for jobs, the coaching news thread was moved out of the main forum. But, since it was, I've posted this there, and will also post it here.

Per sources, Kliff Kingsbury is finalizing a deal to become the Head Coach of the Arizona Cardinals

-Luck's health situation was unclear and the medical info was not being shared with him
-Wasn't clear as to how much input on roster construction Ballard would allow him
-Wasn't comfortable with Ballard's expectations on how best to build the coaching staff
-Was not at all happy with a meddling drunk/stoned tweet-happy bonehead owner

All of these seem more likely than family issues.

He undoubtedly had a similar list of concerns about his path forward in NE, and Kraft & BB made that list evaporate.

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McDaniels staying was a win win for everyone. Reich seems to be a very good coach. McD stays with BB & Brady.

-Luck's health situation was unclear and the medical info was not being shared with him
-Wasn't clear as to how much input on roster construction Ballard would allow him
-Wasn't comfortable with Ballard's expectations on how best to build the coaching staff
-Was not at all happy with a meddling drunk/stoned tweet-happy bonehead owner

All of these seem more likely than family issues.

He undoubtedly had a similar list of concerns about his path forward in NE, and Kraft & BB made that list evaporate.

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He turned down the OxyContin and it set a bad tone and vibe. Then, when he wouldn’t snort coke either. It kinda went south and was agreed upon to make it all look weird

Give us some detail on what he needs to do differently. If you could elaborate by giving us personnel groupings and situations in games (opposing personnel, down and distance, time, etc.), that would be even better.

Give us some detail on what he needs to do differently. If you could elaborate by giving us personnel groupings and situations in games (personnel, down and distance, time, etc.), that would be even better.

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You know the reason. It’s because we don’t convert every third down and score 50 a game.

Give us some detail on what he needs to do differently. If you could elaborate by giving us personnel groupings and situations in games (opposing personnel, down and distance, time, etc.), that would be even better.

Give us some detail on what he needs to do differently. If you could elaborate by giving us personnel groupings and situations in games (opposing personnel, down and distance, time, etc.), that would be even better.

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The shotgun snaps to white, quick screens that go nowhere, the obvious play action fake throw to gronk over the middle. Short distance quick snaps to the back that always gets stuffed, the most predictable play caller in the league is McDaniels. The man is a hack!!!